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Been wondering about this for a while, but is there any difference between 5D and 6D, in the absence of any attached barrel lotus? It seemed a little odd that 6A could launch the opponent with 5D but not 6D so I was wondering if there are any other differences.

Huh. That's an awfully long list. I was wondering, based on the discussions, if everyone already knew the answers to these questions and that it was just me failing to keep up. I don't think there was such a huge gap between CS and CP.

So I've just started listening to the new themes from Centralfiction, and wow, that Ragna vs Izanami theme is utterly mindblowing. It's like 'Diva Of Despair', but much more epic and menacing. The hype is real. Edit: Out of curiosity, does anyone know what sort of gear/VSTs Daisuke Ishiwatari uses for his OSTs?

Thanks! I've seen the guide (it's really helpful), I guess I just need a lot more practice to get her game plan to feel more natural. Funny that you mention taking a few months to get decent with her, since I've only just started playing BlazBlue with CSE this February, got a long way to go!

Since this is the FAQ thread, I think I'm just gonna throw some stuff out here. I'm actually fairly new to fighters in general (didn't play much until the release of MK9 on the PC), and even more so for ASW ones. (basically a beginner) I'm currently playing BBCPE. I found Rachel really cool (and seeing really good Rachel players like Brkrdave and LPT in action is very inspiring) and wanted to try to learn how to play her, but I found her tools to be really indirect and difficult to use. It gets bad enough that handling the AI is even a struggle. I often find myself in the situation of managing to put some distance between myself and my opponent, and then thinking "eh, what am I supposed to do?" How should I go about learning to even play her decently? More specifically: 1.) How should I use the pumpkin? I have a lot of trouble understanding how the pumpkin fits in Rachel's gameplan. On one hand, it seems good to just have one around to scare the opponent off with the threat of wind that damages them. But using wind with the pumpkin feels like a very large investment for very little damage. As a result, I find myself using the pumpkin very rarely which, based on what I read around here, is definitely not the right way to play her. 2.) Lobelia strategy: I often don't have a good idea of what I want to do with the lobelias. I know that they're projectiles+traps+potentially barrel lotuses, but something about them feels very awkward to use. Related to my earlier concern with not being sure what to do once I have some distance, I'm just throwing out lobelias while in the air, and what am I looking for? Getting barrel lotuses? 3a.) Learning combos: Should I be spending time learning the combos in Challenge mode? I've read that some combos are considered impractical for the execution requirement. I'm still struggling with clearing challenge #9 even once, but should I practising something else? 3b.) Wind during combos: When do you normally tap D during a combo? In between inputs, or together with an input? I'm guessing it's possibly because I'm still pretty new to the game, but every Rachel player has to start somewhere. Feel like giving up sometimes and focuses on someone much more familiar and intuitive like Noel or Jin, but I'm still hoping I can get some rewarding play out of Rachel. Would really appreciate some answers to get me on my way to better understanding everyone's favorite tea-drinker.